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Invitation 01/11

Respond by Friday 31 May 2001

Science Research Investment Fund - invitation to apply for funding

To: Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
Of interest to those responsible for: Research, Finance, Planning
Reference: 01/11
Publication date: February 2001
Enquiries to: Amy Hayward, tel 0117 931 7316,
e-mail a.hayward@hefce.ac.uk

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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document sets out the funding and administrative arrangements for the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF), and invites higher education institutions that have a SRIF allocation to submit programmes of work to the HEFCE.

Key points

2. SRIF funds will be available from April 2002 and must be spent by March 2004. The funds are allocated by formula, based partly on institutions' total research income and partly on the amount of quality-related research income they receive from the HEFCE. Allocations for all institutions are listed at Annex A.

3. Using the formula described above, English HEIs will have £600 million allocated to them.

4. Review of programmes will not be intrusive and the presumption will be that institutions will not receive less than the allocation calculated by formula.

5. Deadline for the receipt of applications will be 31 May 2001, and we will announce funding by 16 July 2001.

Action required

6. Institutional submissions for SRIF funds should be sent to Amy Hayward at the HEFCE by 31 May 2001.

SRIF templates

SRIF Programme summary template
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SRIF Individual project data-sheet
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SRIF supplementary science case template
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